Second Industrial Revolution

The __________ process refers to the method to mass produce vast quantities of steel.

• Besser
• Bossom
• Bessemer
• Bessem

The steel industry was controlled by _____ during the Gilded Age.

• Rockefeller
• Carnegie
• Vanderbilt
• Swift

The oil industry was controlled by ________ during the Gilded Age.

• Rockefeller
• Carnegie
• Vanderbilt
• Swift

The railroad industry was controlled by _________ during the Gilded Age.

• Rockefeller
• Carnegie
• Vanderbilt
• Swift

The expansion of the railroad led to the ____________.

• Creation of time zones
• Destruction of the buffalo
• Faster transportation of goods
• All of the above

The railroad finally united the nation in ______ on May 10, 1869.

• Kansas
• Nevada
• California
• Utah

Standard Oil, the company owned by Rockefeller, was declared a monopoly and broken up into 34 different companies because of the ___________.

• Peabody Anti-Trust Act
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
• Clayton Anti-Trust Act
• Grant Anti-Trust Act

____________ is a negative term to describe the great industrialists of the Gilded Age and __________ is a positive term to describe them.

• Robber Barons, Captains of Industry
• Captains of Industry, Robber Barons

The _______ Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 led to the death of approximately 150 workers, due to unsafe working conditions.

• Circle
• Square
• Triangle
• Rectangle

The goal of Upton Sinclair's _________ was to expose the harsh working conditions of immigrants in meat-packing plants.

• The Mountain
• The River
• The Forest
• The Jungle